J.BUCKNELL CLOCKMAKER

[mispeltyoof]

I am trying to find out information about the Bucknell family of clockmakers working in Crediton in 1700's. I know of James Bucknell who married sarah Norrish in 1763 and had a son who he in turn called james. However it is his father (also initial "J") I am interested in finding info on. He was also ,I think, a clockmaker. Any help in where to go for info.(I am new to this)
Many Thanks

[Raphael]

I am trying to find out information about the Bucknell family of clockmakers working in Crediton in 1700's. I know of James Bucknell who married sarah Norrish in 1763 and had a son who he in turn called james. However it is his father (also initial "J") I am interested in finding info on. He was also ,I think, a clockmaker. Any help in where to go for info.(I am new to this)
Many Thanks

Hello Mspf
Saw this the other day,.which may help a little .

1871, Aldred Bucknell was in London, probably serving his apprenticeship as a watchmaker and jeweller. By the mid 1870s, Aldred Bucknell was in Midhurst, Sussex. Aldred Holcombe Bucknell married Sarah Elizabeth Eldridge (born c1853, Boxgrove, Sussex) in Midhurst during the 3rd Quarter of 1876. At the end of 1877, Aldred's wife gave birth to a son named Aldred Holcombe Bucknell after his father. [ Aldred Holcombe Bucknell junior's birth was registered in Midhurst duting the 4th Quarter of 1877]. Aldred Bucknell established a watchmaking business in North Street, Midhurst. By 1878, Aldred Holcombe Bucknell was listed as a watchmaker and photographer at North Street, Midhurst, in Kelly's Post Office Directory of Sussex.

By the Spring of 1880, Aldred Bucknell had left Midhurst and had set himself up as a jeweller and watchmaker in Pulborough, Sussex. A second son, Harry Noel Bucknell, was born in Pulborough during the 2nd quarter of 1880. After a brief period in Pulborough, Aldred Bucknell and his family moved to London, where Sarah Bucknell gave birth to two more sons - Edwin James Bucknell (born 1881) and Robert Bucknell (born c1884). At the time of the 1901 census, Aldred Holcombe senior, now aged 55, was living with his wife and children in Shoreditch, where he was working as a jeweller.

Hope this is of interest to you

Raphael
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